Hi Legal Falcon,
I landed in Regina on 01 Mar 23 with my family. When I checked for an appointment with Public Health Authority for medical surveillance, they informed me that it will take more than 2-3 months to get the appointment for doing the surveillance. I did a soft landing and have to return back within a month.
1. If I leave Canada without doing medical surveillance, Is this will affect my PR card processing and issuance
2. I will be returning back after 10 months. Can I proceed during that time for surveillance
I enquired and they informed me that it will not affect any of the PR card proceedings. Please I need your guidance in this regard.
Prakash K
If you were asked to get into surveillance then you have an obligation to meet that requirement. IF you have registered with the health agency, then you will be contacted as and when the resources are available. If you fail to meet the appointment, then a notice of non-compliance will be issued.
IRCC states:
If you received a notice of non-compliance with medical surveillance
If you received an email notifying you of non-compliance, this means that you haven’t complied with the medical surveillance requirement associated with your immigration or visa application.
Medical surveillance is a condition of your status in Canada. You must complete your medical surveillance requirement as soon as possible. If you don’t, it may have a negative impact on any current or new immigration applications to Canada. For example, your Canadian citizenship application could be delayed until the provincial or territorial public health authority confirms with IRCC that you’ve complied with the conditions of your medical surveillance.
If you’re having trouble completing your medical surveillance requirement, or believe you’ve completed it, email the Public Health Liaison Unit at
IRCC.MHBSurveillance-SurveillanceDGMS.IRCC@cic.gc.ca. Include your full name and
unique client identifier (UCI) number in your email.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...xams/medical-surveillance.html#non-compliance
You can contact the above-mentioned email.
Also, remember that is nothing as a soft or hard landing. As soon as your land and are admitted, you become a PR. Whether you stay in Canada after acquiring a PR status for one second or one year is your choice. The law had nothing that defines or distinguishes soft landing or hard landing.
Once you get a PR status, you have an obligation to meet its requirements, including residency obligations and medical surveillance.